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Our minds are able to make out images or patterns from seemingly unconnected or random things and places. We might see animals or flowers formed in the clouds, shadows, or even in rocks and other objects in the environment. However, this one particular find is quite weird in that it forms the shape of an alien face in Antarctica.

While looking at Google Earth images of Antarctica, the researcher noticed what appears to be a rather sizeable face standing out amid the frosty mountainous terrain.

Sporting what seems to be a proportionate set of eyes, a nose, and a mouth, the eerie 'visage' has captured the imagination of conspiracy theorists who contend that Antarctica is home to all manner of esoteric secrets.

Numerous observers were quick to note that the potential face bears an uncanny resemblance to the famed 'Face on Mars' that is said to sit in the Cydonia region of the Red Planet and was first photographed by NASA's Viking 1 back in 1976.

-via Strange Company

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In various cities around the world, city officials are using certain types of music to deter unwanted behavior like homeless people sleeping in properties or teenagers congregating in parking lots. Songs like "Baby Shark" and "Raining Tacos" are being played late in the night to shoo people away though some are just sleeping through it.

Now, “Baby Shark” and “Raining Tacos” are being used by city officials in West Palm Beach, Fla., as a property management tool.

To deter people experiencing homelessness from sleeping overnight at the city’s Lake Pavilion and Great Lawn, venues that offer “million-dollar views” for special events, West Palm Beach officials began playing the catchy, obnoxious tunes three weeks ago from strategically situated speakers.

Others use classical music to disrupt crowds of teenagers from parking lots. Many people might find it soothing but their reasoning for playing it is that teenagers seem to dislike classical music so naturally they would move away from it.

But is using music as a means to deter certain types of behavior really effective?

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If there's an initiative to repopulate the world's forests and plant a trillion trees to help mitigate the climate crisis, there are other proposals to address concerns regarding the poles such as the design plan submitted by a team of Indonesian designers who suggested to "refreeze the Arctic".

Led by 29-year-old architect Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha, the group envisaged a submersible vessel capable of producing 16-foot-thick, 82-foot wide hexagonal icebergs.

The process would begin with the submarine dipping beneath the surface to fill its central cavity with seawater. Salt would then be filtered out, raising water's freezing point by more than 3 degrees Fahrenheit, after which a hatch closes over the chamber to protect it from the sun.

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Sometimes, in our dreams, we might get premonitions or we see events that we would later recognize in the future and consider as having "deja vu". But sometimes, dreams can also be very specific and we remember the details clearly. However, what do they mean exactly? Check out this little comic strip by Cujko Comics. -via Geeks Are Sexy

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Different coins from various countries have really interesting patterns and designs. Artist Micah Adams removed these embossed patterns to create trinkets, knick knacks, accessories, and other jewelry which he sells on Etsy.

“I was making small assemblages from things I’d collected over the years, tiny things like toys, bottle caps, beach finds and even teeth,” Adams tells Colossal.

“Then I cast them in metal. They were like tiny bronzes or miniature monuments. That lead me to look for tiny things that were already metal that I could use. So I looked at coins and their designs for things I could cut-out.”

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According to UNICEF, over a million people die from malaria each year and more so in areas which are more prone to the disease. But researchers have found that a new molecule called TCMDC-135051 has the ability to target the life-cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, a species that causes malaria.

Andre Juliao | Agencia FAPESP – The results of the study, published this Friday (8/30) in Science, pave the way for the development of a new drug against the disease, which has 200,000 new cases and kills nearly half a million people worldwide annually. One of the obstacles to eradicating malaria today is that the parasite has acquired resistance to existing drugs.

Read more on Agencia FAPESP.

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According to a new research conducted by Steven Alvarado, assistant professor of sociology in Cornell, children who grow up in more difficult neighborhoods have a higher probability of experiencing obesity when they become adults.

“Growing up in a disadvantaged neighborhood sticks with you, and can have a negative impact on one’s health through increasing one’s chance of obesity in adulthood,” Alvarado said. 

Among respondents followed in the data across different age ranges, that chance is 13% greater among children up to age 10 who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and 29% higher for kids aged 11 to 18, according to Alvarado’s analysis. Overall, the odds rose 31%.

But why is this the case? What factors contribute to the connection between obesity and the environment in which one grew up? To find out more, check out the article on Cornell.

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In this short video, USA Today's Reviewed team tries out three different ways to make bacon to see which would be the best: stovetop, oven, or microwave. And now I know why my bacon always turn out the way it does. If you want to learn more about the methods of making bacon and their pros and cons, check it out on USA Today.

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The Great Salt Lake in Utah is at a record low and if nothing is done to restore it, then it will continue on its path and dry up sooner rather than later. Several other saline lakes in the world are experiencing the same situation and efforts have been made to mitigate their decline. But it will take billions of dollars to do that.

During the past 50 years, the lake logged its lowest recorded levels. Those two measurements came within the past three years — in 2016 and again in 2018, according to Cory Angeroth, director of the Utah Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey.

The National Audubon Society asked the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council to commission a report that looked at the aftermath of the decline of eight terminal saline lakes around the world with characteristics similar to that of the Great Salt Lake.

Research the society made available last week revealed the economic, environmental and public health impacts of dying saline lakes are incredibly costly.

Restoration in just one phase involving the Aral Sea in Central Asia was projected at more than $270 million, and a program to renovate irrigation and drainage systems to lower water consumption cost about $30 billion. An estimated 60,000 people lost their jobs when the fishery collapsed.

Despite the costs, the long-term impact if the lake dries up will put the surrounding areas in greater risk.

Dried up lakes become sources of dust pollution, not to mention people's livelihoods could be in jeopardy. It would also displace wildlife and bring changes to the weather.

So far, there have been plans to save the lake but there is a need for greater awareness and support, not just from the local government but from every stakeholder in the community.

“We need to get enough traction with the information it provides to keep building awareness that the future of the Great Salt Lake is now,” she said. “It’s running right through our fingers and we have to do something.”

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Giving birth is very stressful which Charlotte Knowles knows from experience. After her first birth, she wanted to ensure that she and her second baby wouldn't go through the same experience so they planned it to be a C-section.

As baby Lyla was going out however, she fell asleep halfway through and so doctors needed to wake her up after which she wriggled herself out.

Under the watchful eye of proud dad Ricky, and grandmother Tracy Wright, 54, she woke up and wiggled her torso free, before pushing herself out.

The method is considered more peaceful than traditional c-sections and is slowly being introduced to more hospitals across the UK each year. Charlotte from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, said it was the perfect way to bring her second child into the world.

To watch the video of the whole technique called "calm birthing" happen, check it out on the Daily Mail.

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It's rare for a tourist to be able to meet the Queen in person as one would generally need to set an appointment or rather, be summoned to stand before the Queen, however, there are very rare occasions when one could meet the Queen on a leisurely stroll at her estate.

Now, some unwitting tourists had the chance to actually meet the Queen but failed to recognize her, even asking whether she has already met the Queen. And to this, she responded with a little quip.

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What would you do when somebody pulls out a gun and demands that you give them your possessions? Most of us would probably freak out. Not Tony Tovar who became viral in video showing how he continued smoking in the face of a bar robbery.

“He just wanted drug money,” Tovar said of the robber who stuck up Behrmann’s bar on Wednesday night. Tovar conceded that he wouldn’t suggest anyone else follow his lead.

“It’s probably not in your best interest if they have a loaded firearm, I wouldn’t suggest that to just anybody,” he said in the interview.

He himself, though, wouldn’t think twice if faced again with the same situation. “Absolutely not,” he said when asked if he would do anything differently.

Watch the video on the New York Post.

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Global surface temperatures have been steadily increasing for centuries, but we saw a dramatic rise in temperature in the past 50 years. That has affected many regions of the world, in particular Greenland where data show how much the glaciers have changed only in the past half century.

NASA shared Landsat images of Greenland’s glaciers and they show how these icy structures have significantly changed over the last half century. The chilling images, which focus on the group of glaciers that empty into Greenland’s Sermilik Fjord, detail appearance and composition changes in hi-res form, NASA said in a press release.

Landsat images taken in August 2019 were compared to Landsat images snapped in 1972, and they show that these massive ice hubs are changing in color and melting at shocking rates.

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Several processes work together to make up our sense of smell. Our nose will pick up the molecules from the air and from there, our brain will try to identify and sort out the different smells wafting through the air. Having a good sense of smell is very useful but what actually constitutes the whole process of smelling?

Generally, scientists know that odor particles first enter through the nasal cavity, where odorant receptors expressed by olfactory receptor neurons in the sensory tissue bind to them. The olfactory bulb, a structure located in the forebrain of mammals, then processes information sent up from the receptors.

Afterwards, the bulb sends out this information to several higher processing brain areas, including the cerebral cortex. There, the olfactory output messages are further analyzed and broadcast across the brain before they’re conveyed back to the bulb in a feedback loop.

But we don't yet have a complete understanding of what goes on in every aspect of our sense of smell. That is, what kind of circuitry does our brain use in order to make sense of the signals being sent to it from our nose?

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I’m asked to include this song BY FAR more than any other. And this predictability is precisely why I’d never use it. In general, I’d rather be in the business of giving folks the thing they want that they don’t know they want rather than just the thing they know they want. https://t.co/hUXzvNIeOj

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 30, 2019

There's one song that James Gunn will never include in the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack and that would be "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest.

There have been a lot of chart-toppers which the Guardians grooved to in the first two movies like "Come and Get Your Love", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", and "I Want You Back". And as a result, many fans have been requesting to include certain songs in the movie, some more so than others.

In response to a Twitter follower telling him that he better include King Harvest’s “Dancing in the Moonlight” in Guardians Vol. 3 or “I swear I will actually riot,” writer and director James Gunn tweeted, “I’m asked to include this song BY FAR more than any other. And this predictability is precisely why I’d never use it.

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